Lysiana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Elytrantheae
Genus: Lysiana
Species: L. casuarinae – L. exocarpi – L. filifolia – L. linearifolia – L. maritima – L. murrayi – L. spathulata – L. subfalcata
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lysiana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 24. Reference page.

Name

Lysiana Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 599. 1895
References
Primary references

Tieghem, P. van. 1894. Trithecanthera, Lysiana Et Alepis, Trois Genres Nouveaux Pour La Famille Des Loranthacées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41(6): 597–605. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1894.10831649 PDF. Reference page. (p.599)

Links

GBIF: Lysiana
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lysiana. Published online. Accessed: 1 March 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Lysiana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 1 March 2018.
Nickrent, D.L. 2018. The parasitic plant connection websiteː Loranthaceae. Accessed 20 February 2018
Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 538–558. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592019 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.

Lysiana is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs endemic to Australia, in the family Loranthaceae.
Description

Lysiana is a genus of aerial shrubs, which are parasitic on the stems of their hosts. They are erect to pendulous, smooth and with no epicortical runners. The leaves are opposite, and sometimes clustered on shortened axes, and flat with pinnate venation or compressed or terete. The inflorescence is axillary, and may be either a pedunculate or sessile two-flowered umbel or a single flower. The flowers have just one bract per flower. The six Petals are united into a curved tube inflated in middle and unequally divided, more deeply so and more reflexed on concave side. The stamens are equal. The anthers are fixed at the base, and about as long as free part of filament.[1]
Species include

Lysiana casuarinae (Miq.) Tiegh.
Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. (Harlequin mistletoe)
Lysiana filifolia Barlow
Lysiana linearifolia Tiegh.
Lysiana maritima (Barlow) Barlow
Lysiana murrayi (F.Muell. & Tate) Tiegh.
Lysiana spathulata (Blakely) Barlow
Lysiana subfalcata (Hook.) Barlow

References

Barlow, B.A. (1984) Flora of Australia online: Lysiana. Flora of Australia Volume 22 (1984), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

"Lysiana ". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
"Lysiana ". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 2008-02-29.